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May I ask...how did you find this out???
Someone noticed that he hadn't posted in awhile, and did a google search for his name and city of residence.May I ask...how did you find this out???
Thanks...just an odd question that popped into my head.RIP, Charlie "Shining Path" Bosworth.Noticed that he hadn't posted in awhile, and did a google search for his name and city of residence.May I ask...how did you find this out???
In time, I think this needs to happen.I hope Bob Sac, bigb and scoobs write a song about him.
I know some were concerned that mentioning that he was a LABSian might cause side discussions about LABS and take focus off of Shiney's passing but I don't care...Shiney...was...LABS. He was one of the very building blocks of that group. The heart and soul. The wit and charm. And now with his passing, I'm reminded of that tower in Pisa...LABS may still be standing, but it's facade is forever altered.My thoughts AND PRAYERS go out to all his friends and family. I'll miss you tremendously, Shiney.
:e: for grown ups....What is LABS?
"Ooh, sorry...we were looking for Mitosis...Mi-to-sis." - Amoeba TrebekWhat is LABS?
I thought the same thing. He was right around the corner from me, and although we exchanged a few PMs we never met up. What a missed opportunity.Local guy and I never did meet him. Shame because he was a heck of a nice guy.My prayers to the family.
One helluva toss...really.Check under that kilt!Amoeba caber toss in honor of Shiny.Code:! /. . \
Saw this for the first time today. Wow, just wow. I always liked shining path and drafted against him more than a few times. GB and RIP god buddy.Gator.There is no easy way to post a thread like this, but we’ve just learned that our friend Charlie “Shining Path” Bosworth passed away at the end of May. It is perhaps a commentary on our own busy lives that many of us who considered Shiny among our best online friends did not notice that he was no longer posting. It is an oversight that we are all sick over.To the friends he made online, Shiny was a huge part of what made this community special. It’s been a place to argue and to commiserate, but mostly a place to make each other laugh. And for nine years, Shiny, perhaps uniquely, did just that.A lot of silly things about Shiny have become a part of board lore. Things like his high school era pompadour, his encyclopedic knowledge of Bloom County, or his hysterical contributions to classic threads like The Russian Bride Draft or the old Amoeba Art thread on the yellow board. On the serious side, those of us who really valued learning about science came to rely on his patient, thorough explanations of highly technical concepts.We will miss those things, but we will mostly miss our friend. Many of us have developed real, brick and mortar friendships over the years. To my knowledge Shiny never met any of us in person. It is an oversight that we are saddened that we will never have a chance to correct. But Shiny was no less special to us for being most immediately recognizable by his purple Tinky Winky avatar. Despite being “only” an online acquaintance, Shiny had helped many of us deal with harrowing personal crises. When family members became sick or when marriages were in trouble -- whenever things seemed bleakest -- Shiny was usually the first to remind us that laughter was the best medicine.This board encompasses a great diversity of religious and secular beliefs. Shiny has, at times, been a part of the debate concerning those issues. But in this, we hope the community at FBGs can all respond nearly as one. For those of you that believe, we hope you will say a prayer for the Bosworth family. For those that don’t, we ask that you remember Charlie in your way, fondly.We are going to try to reach out to the Bosworth family and will share with all of you any charity that the family identifies for donations.Thanks-Charlie's friends
Ditto.what a tragic loss. Shiny was the best person I never met. Rest in peace.
needs more cornThe FootballGuys Free-For-All got a little bit worse yesterday.And heaven got a little bit better.RIP
Wha?RIPneeds more cornThe FootballGuys Free-For-All got a little bit worse yesterday.And heaven got a little bit better.RIP
Great post Ferris.I can't believe this....Charles was the first guy I ever PM'd at FBG.SaveFerrisB said:shiney was one of the smartest people I ever encountered.What struck me about him was the depth of his knowledge in his expert subjects:He had a Master's in biochem, and was pursuing a PhD in some science discipline I can't spell or pronounce.He was a walking encyclopedia of World War II.He would pick up on any Bloom County reference, no matter how subtle.He was a wealth of information on UNC basketball, past and present.He was one of the few on this board that regularly used SAT-level vocabulary words correctly in sentences.What made shiney different was how he handled his knowledge, and how he continued to feed his curiosity. shiney would take the time to explain basic concepts in an area of his expertise to someone with no formal knowledge of it without being a condescending #######. That was one of many things that separated him from a lot of the others on this board, including me. When shiney was in a discussion where we wasn't the expert, he would ask smart questions about it. He didn't need to be the most knowledgeable person in the conversation to participate in it.shiney was the recipient of the first PM I ever sent at FBG. It was in reaction to a thread where a local politician was getting tossed under the bus over public use of the phrase "tar baby". As the FFA Reflexively Irate were tripping over themselves to show who was most offended by the statement, shiney stepped in to explain a bit about the politician's background and the origin of the "tar baby" phrase. He signed off the post with the phrase, "Welcome to the big city, you poor *******."I guess you had to be there. It cracked me up. I was impressed with how much he knew about the subject, how he could explain how the controversy happened without being alarmist, and the entertaining conclusion. I sent him a PM telling him I was a fan.shiney was the mastermind behind the Russian Bride Draft. He made it happen. The RBD still cracks me up today. If I had to pick one thread in the history of the board as the Greatest Thread Ever, the Russian Bride Draft would be it. It's hard to call someone you never met in person, or even talked to on the phone, a friend. But that's how I would describe shiney. Other folks on this board have i-known him a lot longer than I did - some regulars and former regulars here have interacted with him since back in the cheatsheets.net days nine years ago. I'm sad that shiney is gone. I will miss him. My heart goes out to folks that knew him better than I did, especially those from his brick-and-mortar circles. Hearing the news took the wind right out of me - I can't imagine what it was like for people who knew him his whole life.
If we rename the FFA the Shining Path or "SP", how do we refer in shorthand to the Shark Pool?sorry to hear this sad news.is it technically feasible to rename the board in his honor, at least for a time?